Checklist for Tribe Smerinthini Grote & Robinson, 1865
and region Tanganyika (Tanzania)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 219
1008
1531 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 218
1007
1530 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 208
974
1479 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 134
763
1211 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 41
355
603 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 41
355
603 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 40
354
602 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 18
268
478 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 16
257
464 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Bombycoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hawk-moths, Royal Moths, Silkworm, Sphinx | 4
41
79 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Sphingidae
Latreille, 1802
Hawk Moths, Hawk-Moth, Hawk-moths, Hawkmoths, Hornworms | 24
53 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Smerinthinae
Grote & Robinson, 1865
| 11
23 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Tribe | Smerinthini
Grote & Robinson, 1865
| 11
23 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Tanganyika
11 Genera with 23 Species | Afrosphinx Carcasson, 1927 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Andriasa Walker, 1856 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Chloroclanis Carcasson, 1968 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Falcatula Carcasson, 1903 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Microclanis Carcasson, 1903 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Neopolyptychus Carcasson, 1968 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Platysphinx Rothschild &..., 1897 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Polyptychoides Carcasson, 1856 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Polyptychus Carcasson, 1935 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudoclanis Rothschild, 1856 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Rufoclanis Carcasson, 1869 | | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Tanganyika
23 Species and 7 Subspecies | Afrosphinx amabilis Jordan, 1911 | Scarce Polyptychus | | Afrosphinx occidens (Clark, 1927) | ⇒ Afrosphinx amabilis Jordan, 1911 | | Andriasa contraria Walker, 1856 | Contrary Polyptychus | | Andriasa contraria contraria Walker, 1856 | | | Chloroclanis tanzanica Carcasson, 1968 | | | Chloroclanis virescens tanzanica Carcasson, 1968 | | | Falcatula falcatus Rothschild &..., 1903 | Falcate Polyptychus | | Microclanis erlangeri Rothschild &..., 1903 | | | Neopolyptychus compar Rothschild &..., 1903 | Variable Polyptychus | | Neopolyptychus compar compar Rothschild &..., 1903 | | | Neopolyptychus compar septentrionalis Carcasson, 1968 | | | Neopolyptychus convexus Rothschild &..., 1903 | | | Neopolyptychus septentrionalis Carcasson, 1968 | | | Platysphinx piabilis Distant, 1897 | Measly Hawk | | Platysphinx piabillis Distant, 1897 | | | Polyptychoides erosus Jordan, 1923 | | | Polyptychoides grayii Walker, 1856 | | | Polyptychus amaniensis Carcasson, 1968 | | | Polyptychus andosa amaniensis Carcasson, 1968 | | | Polyptychus niloticus Jordan, 1921 | | | Polyptychus niloticus niloticus Jordan, 1921 | | | Polyptychus unilineata Clark, 1935 | | | Pseudoclanis kenyae (Clark, 1928) | ⇒ Pseudoclanis postica Walker, 1856 | | Pseudoclanis pallida Closs, 1917 | | | Pseudoclanis postica Walker, 1856 | Mulberry Hawk | | Rufoclanis maccleeryi Carcasson, 1968 | | | Rufoclanis numosae subjectus Walker, 1869 | |
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